He or she can clearly ask, but the 'asking' is outside of the contract rules as would your acceptance of unless - and this seems a bit over the top - the Parties to the contract i.e. the Employer (NEC3) / Client (NEC4) and Contractor agree to and sign a Supplementary Agreement.
However, two related points:
- why is it taking them 3 weeks from the submission of the quotation + a further 2 weeks from your reminder notification + an further time to evaluate the quotation. This suggests to me that either the PM's office is chronically understaffed &/or there is a breakdown in communication between you and them; and
- the whole point of the 'treated as accepted' sanction, subject to a reminder notification, was to get PM people to do what the chiffin' contract says.
How about calling an early warning meeting to address root causes ?
However, two related points:
- why is it taking them 3 weeks from the submission of the quotation + a further 2 weeks from your reminder notification + an further time to evaluate the quotation. This suggests to me that either the PM's office is chronically understaffed &/or there is a breakdown in communication between you and them; and
- the whole point of the 'treated as accepted' sanction, subject to a reminder notification, was to get PM people to do what the chiffin' contract says.
How about calling an early warning meeting to address root causes ?
